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The Sensualist’s Reply to “Sonate, qe me veux tu?”: Investigation on Michel Paul Gui de Chabanon (1730-1792)’s Perspective on the Representation Theory

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
  • Abbr : JKSM
  • 2024, 32(1), pp.77~98
  • DOI : 10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.003
  • Publisher : The Korean Society for Musicology
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Musicology > Other Musicology
  • Received : April 15, 2024
  • Accepted : June 1, 2024
  • Published : June 30, 2024

Cheong, Yong Jeon 1

1대구경북과학기술원부설한국뇌연구원

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ABSTRACT

This study examines the sensualistic perspectives of Michel Paul Gui de Chabanon (1730-1792) on instrumental music in eighteenth-century France, particularly in relation to the doctrine of imitation. Chabanon took a different stance on instrumental music compared to the followers of the doctrine of imitation at that time. His sensualistic perspectives may be a reflection of his identity as a musician: he was a competent violinist, composer, and librettist for François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829), one of the most renowned French symphonists. Furthermore, Chabanon discussed the connection between musical pleasure and the immediacy of musical sounds in his work De la musique considérée. This demonstrates Chabanon’s understanding of music from a phenomenological perspective. He believed that music neither represents affect nor language. Further he recognized the importance of acoustic perception in musical experience. When asked by Fontenelle’s famous question, “Sonate, que me veux tu?” Chabanon may have replied, “Music does not imitate, but expresses.”

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